Omaha daily bee., 1887-06-04
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New spring goods at Refers, tailor
Wanted-At the Pacific house, cham
Der girl.
The work on the new Catholic church
Is being rushed right along.
One hundred evergrecns have Just been
planted about the Hotel Manawa.
The city engineer is making the sur.
veys for the sewer on Mynster street.
The pool tournament at the Manhattan
was completed last night. Dahl won
first, Hutz second and Bohn third prize.
A business meeting Of the Ladies'
Choral society will be held at the resi-
dence of ID. w. Bushnell this afternoon
a. a o'clock.
j. w. Walker was yesterday fined sl4
for peddling without license Being an
old soldier and crippled, the council is to
be asked to remit the fine.
William Parks met with an accident at
Cody's planning mill, on Washington ave-
nue., by which two middle fingers were
sawed of, and the little finger and left
hand badly mangled.
The Union Pacific is rapidly grading
up the approaches to its new bridge, and
the work is to be completed IN a month.
From the way the work is progressing it
seems that the Ninth avenue route will
Bill Desmond was yesterday fined SEQ
and costs. Wine and women seemed to
have been the cause of his trouble. He
got into a row near Main street and Will
low avenue, smashed in window with a
brick, and pounded two women with his
fist
A woman from Omaha was here yester.
day looking after her husband, who, she
said, had got on spree and come over
On In
pocket. She wanted the police to find
him, if possible, lest the money should be
spent or lost.
,, About a week ago the residence of
George G.. Giles was burned to the
ground. Yesterday he received cheek
for 5000, the amount of his insurance in
the hawkeye, of Des Moines. A quick
settlement. j. &. Upton is the agent Of
the company.
1t makes difference whether man
has lawn or farm. One of the mer-
shower the other day, remarked, well,
we had nice rain" yah, a nice
shenteman rain, but it vas poor farmer
rain"
The drum corps of the Salvation army
has been allowed to go free, the charge
OF disturbing the peace being dropped on
their promise to hereafter respect the
meetlng OF Othef bodies. Inc next time
they march by the city council chamber
when the aldermen are in session they
will mutfle their drums and plug up their
flies or else there will be more trouble.
The Salvation army has been used very
kindly here as compared with their treat
ment in other cities and they ought to be
well satisfied.
A lady and gentleman were proceeding
along Harrison street on horseback when
a dog came running out, barking and
swapping at the horses greatly to the
annoyance of the riders. The gentle
mans patience gave out, and he pulled a
revolver and shot the dog dead in the
road. The nelghborhood is divided on
the question of whether he did right or
not, but the community at large would
doubtless endorse his action. There are
SO many worthless ours running around
the streets, that even a good dog has
little public sentiment in his favor.